The big story this week is Manny Pacquiao’s homophobic remarks about same-sex marriage comparing gays to animals and the furor it’s raised, from athletes like Jason Collins, Magic Johnson, and Orlando Cruz and his former sponsors like Nike, Foot Locker.

For young sports fans, the lazy, hazy days of summer baseball hold no interest for them and MLB is pulling out all the stops to try to attract them. And speaking of young sports fans, Lakers icon Kobe Bryant is playing in his last NBA’s All Star Game and his kids wanted a picture taken with … Steph Curry. After all, Kobe’s just their dad but Steph is an All-Star! All this and much, much more ~ enjoy!

Two new statues of Joe Paterno being made in secret locationThe statue of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, still honored by many in spite of his role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, was removed by the school. But the men who originally cast the statue are now casting two new ones in a secret location; one will go to his family and the other will be displayed in various locations to support Penn State since the university hasn’t responded to their request to know where the original is. The two men are financing the $100,000 project themselves.
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